Hot Online: New York earns Miss America title

The Creative Arts Emmy award winners were announced Sunday night, a week before the Primetime Emmy Awards airs. The Creative Arts honors are mostly dedicated to technical and behind-the-scenes crafts, with HBO’s “Behind the Candelabra” taking home the most awards this year.

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Nina Davuluri of New York was crowned Miss America on Sunday night. The pageant called her an “inspiration for a new generation,” as Davuluri is the first Miss America of Indian descent. Some people, however, offered cruel racist commentary on Twitter after the crowning.

Hot video: Meet Miss America, Nina Davuluri

Miss New York, Nina Davuluri, a Syracuse native, sat for an interview with The Star-Ledger on Thursday at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City and shared a few of her thoughts about being in the Miss America pageant. She was crowned Miss America on Sunday night.

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